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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren practiced law without a license? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)50. Thanks. But some law professors do not practice law.
And if she belongs to a bar association in her federal district, that may suffice to permit her to practice before the Supreme Court and make her a member of the federal bar if she needs to be a member to satisfy the requirements of her federal district. Do you agree with me on that?
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Law professors don't practice law. They teach it. They don't need to be members of the bar
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#36
Who wants to pay bar dues if they don't have to. In California I think they are
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#38
This website has only been in operation for a month. It was obviously set up as political
Lint Head
Sep 2012
#11
Thanks. I figured it was Breitbart just making shit up again--just wanted to be sure.
Arkana
Sep 2012
#17
Welcome to DU and thanks for taking the time to address this question for us.
left on green only
Sep 2012
#30
You can't practice law and be a judge ; you can practice law and teach school
musiclawyer
Sep 2012
#18
Provocative statement with a question mark? I call BS on your Fox News tactic.
yellowcanine
Sep 2012
#73
Then why use the Fox tactic of making a statement and inserting a question mark?
yellowcanine
Sep 2012
#78
Republicans are claiming this morning that they have 'new evidence' against Warren
TroyD
Sep 2012
#85
I keep coming back to that point - why wasn't it raised by the other side at the time?
Justice
Sep 2012
#88